Press Release
The Minot Minotauros of the North American Hockey League (NAHL), are proud to announce that goaltender Tyler Parks
has committed to play NCAA Division I Hockey for the St. Lawrence
University Saints next season. Parks is the first player to commit to a
D1 program in Minotauros’ season and a half of existence.
Minotauros head coach Marty Murray said, “Tyler has been a huge part
of our team. We’re excited to see him reach his goal of playing D1
hockey.” Murray continued, “this has been a big week for our program
with seven players being named to Top Prospects [the NAHL’s all-star
event] and now our first D1 commit, its good to see the boys being
recognized for their hard work.”
The Tauros turnaround has been fueled by strong play from Parks. He
has earned a record of 16-10-2 on the season with a SV% of .922 which is
good for 8th in the NAHL. Parks has been especially strong when the
game is on the line, not allowing a goal in 10 overtimes and winning
seven of nine shootouts. Parks was quick to thank Murray and assistant
coach Mick Berge noting, “they’ve worked a ton to help me get to this
point in my career both on the ice and calling schools for me. I really
can’t thank them enough.” He also wanted to thank his goalie coach from
last season Jason Power who “really helped set me up to succeed this
year.”
Parks is excited about what the commit means for his future, “St.
Lawrence is a great school, I love that the coaches seem to have my best
interest at heart.” Though Parks is ready to start the next chapter of
his career he certainly has not lost any enthusiasm for playing in Minot
saying “I’m happy the process is over, it’s a huge weight off my
shoulders, now I can focus on this season and going after the Robertson
Cup.”
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
Sunday, January 27, 2013
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